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@uitrit tartes 3393121.11 @fge A can benl-need in thc position shown in the drawing from the side of the ruoli, 'and t t-herc no longer exists EDWARD RICHMOND, SAor BnooKLYN;v NEW Youre Laced-Parent No. 69,026, daofz,septembm17,1861.

IMFROVED RACK POP. BROOMS, BILLIARD-GUBS, duc. y

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, EDWARD RICHMOND, of Brooklyn, in the conntyof Kings, and State ef'New York, nave invented certain new and useful improvements in Racks for Household and other Purposes; and Ivlierehytl declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theluccompnnyingdrawings, in whichi' Figure 1 is a top view et' mty-improved rack, 'and Figure 2 is a perspective view of the same. My invention is based in principle upon the employment in a rack of rubber or other suita'tble,clasticbody,` whereby the articles placed in `such raek,fwhether brooms, canes, billiard-cues, or other pieces, maybe held or suspended in any desired position. i l i In Letters Patent recently granted me* ,as assignee of E. P. Willcts a rack in which the rubber or other elastic body is thus used is described and broadly claimed. i The object of my present improvement is to obviate the necessity of thrusting the end of the broom orf other article up through the pcrforat-ions made in the wooden er metal platesand elastic sheet, which combine` to form theta-ek. `When the rack is used'for holding. billiardcues this methodof'placiug the cue inthe rack i is objectionable, as in its passage up through the perforationin the rack the leather upon the end of the-cucita` apt to be kneclced'or pulled oti, striking, as it does, the wooden plates, or rubbing against thc elastic sheet..

To this endimy invention principally consists, rst, of a rack for holding or suspending:r whips, cucsraud other articles, in which thc rubber sheet or other elastic orebinding device is arranged and constructed so las to admit of the insertion or introduction of the articles from the side of the rack; second, in the use in oracle; such as described ci slits lined with rubber or other elastic or binding device, and forined in the side of` the rack so as to communicate with theY pcrforatious in the same, and admit of the passage of the whip or other1 articles into or from the scid perforations without being thrust up through the same. h i My invention further consists in the combina ien, with a rack in which the articles are held er suspended by means of an elastic body, of a plate or` other suitable means -fr supporting the butts e1' lower ends ofi said articles. l This last-,named feature of my invention is equally applicable to a rack constructed as herein described, on made iu accordance with Letters Patent above referred te as having been' recently `grantedto me. l i

When the rack is used for suspending whips this supportneed not be used; but when it is `usedlfor holding brooms, cues, or other like articles, the base-beard or support for thc lower ends of the articles is of considrable' i advantage, and may be `used in connection with a locking device, hereinafter` described, se as to prevent the abstraction or taking away by unauthorized persons of the articlesheld in the rack. i i L, In the accompanying drawings my invention is fully shown and sot forth. Y i The rackis termed of two plates of wood on, or other suitable matcrial, cctiibincd'witlran interposed sheet;

Yol rubber or other clasticbedy, I1, both the sheet and thc plates being perforated, as described in Letters Patent above referred te, 1 i l l When -the pori'olations are formed as seen at e; the article to 'bc placed in the rack must be thrust up` through one' of said perferutions, which is productive` of the disadvantages above alluded to.` To "obvia-te these disadvantages I foi-in the perforations so that they shall `be as `shown at c, slits m being formcdin the edge of the rack', (both in the rubber and plates) which communicate with the portera-tions.` The' rubber-Vat` these points not se much eut away as the plates a,- in order that it may constitutcun elastic orbinding device, whiclnwrhile admitting freely the passage et' the articles to er from the perfor-ations c, will yctliold and support such articles in place so long as they remain in the-rack. Under this arrangement it will bc seen that `the cues the necessity for thi-nesting their ends up throughthc perforations c. l Y r The rack shown in the drawings has the perforations arranged for usc either wither` without a support for@ the butts of the article-ofthe perforatious at 'el c being combined with thqsupporting-platc UZ, while those at circ? are used without the plate. lhis plate is connected with the upper part ofV the rack by means of the two side` piccesf, attachetito the upper and'lower portions ofthe rack, and further held and strengthened by abrace `or cross-bar, g, which` 'may be also employed to receive the bent plate or locking dcriccft, which partially encilcl sl mp2s 2 ,he handle of the cue or other article, and is prevented from being moved by mea-neef a pin and staple, as ihown in the drawing, or by ineens of an ordinary padlock or other suitable device. y

In lieu of the perforations el, metal binding devices for receiving and holding the upper end of the articles :o be placed in the rack, similar to that shown at k, may 'ne combined with the lower pla-te d. This device isr n ipring having a U form, the extremities or outer ends lc of the spring being drawn together, so that, while pernitting the passage of thc cue A, they shall hold the said one in .position after it has been placed between them.

The base-plate ci, it will readily be understood, may be equally Well combined with the upper plates or rack Ji'opeij, when the latter areprovided withisnch perforations onlyas shown at c, or `with any rack the construcyion of which involves the same principle as herein illustrated.l y

The elastic or'bnding device in the pcrforations need not iit closely around them-ticle placed therein, For lhe lower end of such article will be supported by the plate el, `While the npperend is held in place by the elastic' iody which is located in the slits m, eo'inniunicating with the said perforations or recesses. vIn feet, so far as yhis 'eatnrc cf my invention is concerned, there need b'e no binding device in such perforntions or recesses, the last-ic body which closes the slits m' beinr sufficient to retain the article in the rack.

Having now described my invention,- what I claim, and desire to se are by Letters Patent, is

l.v In a rack foi' holding or suspending brooms, cues, and other articles, as described, I claim th'e'slits, ined or provided with a. suitable elastic or binding device, and -formd in the side or elige of the rack, so as to aoinmnnicate with the perforations or recesses in the said rack, as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, with :track in which articles are helder suspended by means of rubber or equivalent il'astie hody,'of a plate orfeqnivalent nieans for support-ing the butts or lower ends of said articles, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my naine to this specification before two subscribingwitnesses.

E. RICHMOND.

Witnesses:

J. G. MOODY, JN0. M. GRANT. 

